Podcast appearances and mentions of joseph makkos

Nola DNA is a local preservation project centered around a massive archive of newspapers from over a hundred years ago. Writer and printmaker Joseph Makkos is the founder of Nola DNA, and he joined David Benedetto in the studio to talk about his discovery and how he’s planning to take it into the future. Visit ViaNolaVie for a related article written by David Bendetto.

NOLA DNA Project, a History of New Orleans in Newspapers Have you ever been perusing Craigslist and come across something remarkable? Well, that's exactly what happened to Joseph Makkos, my guest on today's episode. Joseph is a writer, a printer,a self-described media archaeologist, and thanks to that Craigslist ad, the founder and curator of the NOLA DNA project. Join us as we discuss how one person's love of all things print-related led to an amazing discovery of 30,000 newspapers from the golden age of New Orleans newsprint. Sponsor: The Old 77 Hotel and Chandlery When you're ready to make your plans to visit New Orleans, you'll need a place to stay! The Old 77 is ideally situated in the Warehouse District, just three blocks from the French Quarter. It features a variety of pet-friendly rooms, the award-winning Compere Lapin restaurant, and more. You'll love the location, the rooms, and the food, but the details and the service are what you'll fall in love with! To book your room, click here or use code BBOLD77 to save 25% off their regular rates.   Sponsor: Two Chicks Walking Tours Want to explore the Garden District? They’ve got you covered with a wonderful tour that will provide plenty of history along with fun facts about some of the neighborhoods’ residents, past and present. You also get to learn about our cemeteries because this tour includes Lafayette Cemetery, in the heart of the Garden District. Two Chicks also offers several varieties of French Quarter tours, as well as tours of St. Louis #1. Whatever you choose, know you will be in great hands and will have a wonderful time. Use code BEYOND and save 15%. twochickswalkingtours.com Sponsor: Liz Wood Realty Are you finally ready to move to New Orleans, but don’t know where to start? Let Liz Wood and her team help you find the right place, whether you plan to rent, or purchase the home of your dreams! New Orleans is a terrific city, but choosing the neighborhood that’s the best fit for you can seem overwhelming.  Liz makes the process fun and easy, and educates her clients along the way. Reach out to her at lizwoodrealty.com and make your dream of living in New Orleans a reality! Phone: 504-236-9685. Subscribe to the Podcast If you enjoy the show, please subscribe to the podcast onApple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Google Play Music or wherever you get your podcasts. If you do enjoy listening, please share Beyond Bourbon Street with someone who shares our love of New Orleans. Support Us on Patreon Would you like to help us continue to create the content you love? If so, join the krewe by becoming a financial supporter. Your monthly support will help us grow, and will provide you with exclusive content, access, and more. If you would like to join the krewe, check out our Patreon page. Contact Us Got an idea for an episode, have some feedback or just want to say hi? Leave us a message at 504-475-7632 or send an email to mark@beyondbourbonst.com Thanks for listening! Mark

While in Cleveland, Joseph Makkos visited R.A. 'Rafiq' Washington at "Guide to Kulcher" and conversed about DIY publishing, the current state of Cleveland, poetry's place in the shifting culture, and his forthcoming book of poetry from Outlandish Press, Black Eunuch.

Joseph Makkos answered an ad on Craig s List and ended up buying 30,000 perfectly preserved copies of The Times Picayune, dating back to 1885. Through his company NOLA DNA, Joseph is setting about packaging and selling the contents of that collection. Vincent Sciama is also a student of the history of New Orleans, especially our relationship with France. Vincent is France s representative here. Officially he s called the Consul General de France en Louisiane. As an ambassador on a tour of duty in New Orleans, Vincent has to suffer through French Quarter Festival, Jazz Fest, Mardi Gras, and all sorts of other grueling diplomatic duties. On this edition of Out to Lunch Peter Ricchiuti discovers whether that s as much fun as it sounds. And, in these days of declining newspaper readership, Peter finds out if you can make more money out of newspapers printed in 1885 than 2018. Photos at Commander s Palace by Alison Moon. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

David speaks with writer, printmaker and founder of Nola DNA Joseph Makkos about his poetry and all the work that goes into curating a vast archive of local newspapers from the turn of the 20th century. Originally aired on February 8th 2018.

On a literally freezing New Orleans afternoon, looking fabulous despite braving icy steets and sidewalks, two dapper dudes and a fashion forward yogi warm up Happy Hour with talk of hot Buti yoga, hot jazz and soul, and hot off the presses. Four years ago Joseph Makkos responded to a Craig s List ad ... and ended up with 30,000 transparent plastic tubes, each containing a single edition of a New Orleans newspaper printed between 1888 and 1929. Joseph now manages that archive and hopes to partner with the first virtual carnival krewe to turn old newspapers into new media. He and C Rock team up to tell the story of the infamous "crazed New Orleans axe man" not the two year terrorization of New Orleans by a serial axe murderer, but the more interesting story of perhaps an early instance of fake news tune in He also reads a timely and absolutely poetic newspaper account of an 1885 New Orleans snow. Baye Tilson is a yoga instructor who likes "all the yogas" especially Buti and practices club level yoga at some of the hottest nightclubs in town. Baye says she doesn t not discriminate if someone wants to have a drink before or during yoga she s happy to open up the balcony. Her pomeranian hat inspired a Facebook request for details, but Baye couldn t buy it again if she tried her fashion sense leads her finds that can t be duplicated. Speaking of one of a kind, Andre Lovett is a singer songwriter whose influences range from 50s and 60s soul crooners to 90s RnB artists to Al Green and ... John Meyer who C Rock admits he thinks is a chump ... no disrespect, the Grateful Dead suck too . Andre sings a song he wrote in 2014 in Seattle just after an inspirational breakup, and a song he wrote after moving here in 2015. An exceptional singer songwriter and a beautiful dresser. April and C Rock guest host for Grant on C Rock s birthday and a week after April s happy birthday guys .

A miscellany of topics this week. Joseph Makkos tells us about a pretty terrible article from the Daily Mail about what makes poetry successful which we discuss. We talk about modern sonnets and read a few by Bernadette Mayer and Ted Berrigan, and we talk about writing poetry at parties and have a laugh about some poetry written at past parties.

Joseph Makkos is just back from Mundial Poético de Montevideo and tells us all about his poetry adventures in Uruguay.

Photo: Makkos Collection   David Weinberg brings us the story of Joseph Makkos, who made a once-in-a-lifetime discovery trolling Craigslist for free stuff. Produced by David Weinberg City on Shoulders New Orleans DNA Mardi Gras, 1925 New Orleans DNA Mardi Gras, 1927 New Orleans DNA TV Radio Number New Orleans DNA From the Chicago Tribune From the NY Tribune From the NY World From the NY World Dolly Dimples Comic, 1914 New Orleans Digital Newspaper Archive